The J and L Deposit is a aluminum and potassium mine located in Piute county, Utah at an elevation of 6,430 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,430 Feet (1,960 Meters)
Commodity: Aluminum, Potassium
Lat, Long: 38.50278, -112.23972
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J and L Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: J and L Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Primary: Potassium
Tertiary: Kaolin
Location
State: Utah
County: Piute
District: Marysvale Region/Henry District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Aluminum Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1935
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Antelope Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alunitization, Silicification, Kaolinization
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 5 ANALYSES RANGE FROM 34.6 % TO 76.5 % ALUNITE
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Ore: Kaolinite
Gangue: Dickite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 20 BY 50 FT. QUARRY AND A 260 FT ADIT.
Comment (Geology): ORE LENS TERMINATED AT NW END BY FAULT; KAOLINITE ACCOMPANIES ALUNITE
Comment (Location): NEAR S EDGE OF SEC. 28
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO BASIS FOR EST OF RESOURCE BEYOND ABOVE RESERVE EST
Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES
Comment (Production): 5000 ST TREATED AT MARYSVALE MILL, 1937 - 1940; ALSO 150 ST TESTED AT BOULDER CITY, NEV. PILOT PLANT IN 1945
Comment (Development): PROPERTY IDLE SINCE EXPLORATORY DIAMOND DRILLING ( 6 HOLES TOTALING 1026 FT ), TRENCHING ( 700 FT ), AND SEVERAL TEST PITS DUG BY THE USBM IN 1943 .
References
Reference (Deposit): 1943 GEOLMAP G. L. BELL AND V. C. KELLEY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , PL. 16 .
Reference (Production): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 104 . BAROCH, C. T. AND OTHERS, 1945 , USBM WAR MIN. REPT. 429 , 22 P.
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 108 .
Reference (Deposit): BAROCH, C. T., AND OTHERS, 1945 , ALUNITE, J AND L CLAIMS, MARYSVALE, UTAH, DEHYDRATION IN ROTARY KILN: USBM WAR MIN. REPT. 429 , 22 P.
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1973 , MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH AND ADJOINING AREA: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 102 , P. 104 - 108 .
Reference (Deposit): HILD, J. H., 1946 , EXPLORATION OF ALUNITE DEPOSITS, MARYSVALE, PIUTE COUNTY, UTAH: USBM REPT. INV. 3972 , P. 14 - 15 .
Reference (Deposit): THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 3561 , P. 33 .
Reference (Deposit): 1936 DIREXPL ALUMINUM INC: ADIT
Reference (Deposit): 1943 DIREXPL G. L. BELL: RESERVE DATA
Reference (Deposit): 1943 DIREXPL USBM: PUB
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